H1B Report
Salary comparison

Engineers, All Other vs Data Scientists

Side-by-side H-1B prevailing-wage comparison using the same DOL LCA data that drives every page on H1B Report. Quartiles, hiring geography, top sponsors and yearly wage drift.

Occupation A
Engineers, All Other
SOC 17-2199Rank #43
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

Wage figures are offered annual wage; volume is total LCA count.

MetricEngineers, All OtherData Scientists
Median wage$101,562$114,941
P25 wage$84,261$90,200
P75 wage$128,566$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$44,305$54,800
Total filings10,460213,508
Wage samples10,435213,202
Rank#43#3

Median wage by year

Year-over-year drift of the typical offered wage.

Engineers, All Other
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Engineers, All Other

  • 1CA2,799$130,188
  • 2MI1,402$92,400
  • 3TX797$105,000
  • 4IL605$88,000
  • 5NY474$93,642

Top 5 hiring states — Data Scientists

  • 1CA43,941$142,122
  • 2NY27,091$132,000
  • 3TX25,149$102,690
  • 4WA18,953$135,100
  • 5IL10,447$100,000
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